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MIDNIGHT CRY!
NEW- YORK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1842. NUMBER 9,
* Wpf « and make it plain upon tables, that he" may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie ;
,^ , / V though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry."
BT'jflSHlfOJHM.
Written for the Midnight Cry.
RESTORATION of the KINGDOM to ISRAEL—
| A Lecture, delivered by Jonah Litch, at the Second Advent
C* tBp* ineeting'at Salem, Massachusetts, and repeated at
;', Aot § ' ij\ li, 7 " When they, therefore, were come together, they
fc tf-- iiim, saying, Lord, - wilt ihou at this time restore again the
f to Israel? And he said unto them. It is not for you to know
which the Father hath pat in his own power."
i Tjbe question of the disciples in this text, implies three
' things/; I. That Israel once had a kingdom. 2. That it
then subverted, and had been taken from them.
S. * Tltt they understood that it was some time or other
' to be restored again.
Tie answer of Christ, so far from correcting their
." view*, or intimating that they were mistaken in their ex-tended
directly to confirm them in the opinion
tbtf entertained. ** It is not for you to know,"
Ac. As as to say, although there are appropriated
' timeVattd for the occurrence of what you antici
pate, they are yet future, it is not for you to know : ' "' ' '
I If It be affirmed that the disciples of Christ expected a
Mngdom under the Messiah, it is denied, and
thi f roof Is demanded. That they expected a. visible
Is true ; hut tttey expected also that it would
' be in iti duration, and not temporal. Their opin-on
the Scriptures, which every where
the kingdom of Messiah to he everlasting,
; Wllktut end. That in to the subjects
. is. $)| nitted-~* fcy supposing the
Jews were the favorites of heaven.
In pursuing the subject, we shall consider
I. THE KINGDOM OF ISEAEI. WHAT IT WAS.
II, ITS strsvimsioif WIIEH AND HOW.
I "*' IIL . * Tlt¥ RwroiATiow ' of ' wtte' KINGDOM* ITS HEIRS
f
IV. THE TIMES AND SEASONS or THI RESTORATION, CON
SIDERED.
I. THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL WHAT IT WAS.
The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham,
when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Heran,
when he was probably an idolater, and called him into
Canaan, with the promise that he would give it to Abra
ham and his seed for an everlasting possession ; and yet
to Stephen, Acts 7th chapter, he did not give
enough while alive, to set his foot on ; yet he
lie would give it him for a possession, when as
fet he tiad no child. God assured him that his seed
should iojown In a strange land and be entreated evij
400 years, and afterward come forth and serve him in
that land of promise. When the time drew near that
the people should be returned to the land of promise, Mo
ses was raised up to deliver them from Egypt. He
brought them through the Red Sea into the wildernessf
inhere a civil and political government was organized,
ierived immediately from Jehovah, their Great King.
The system of civil and political jurisprudence, as well
| § religious institutions, were of heaven's own legis
** The administrators of the government were of
Divine appointment. Under this government, the peo
pie, with Joshuai the successor, by Divine appointment,
of Mosee, at their head, entered the land of promise, as
God had spoken to Abraham. After casting out and de-itroying
their enemies, the land was divided among them
| y lot, and the political institutions given to Moses were
into effect. For 450 years, until Samuel, God
them by Judges, and was himself their King.
f o in fact a kingdom, even under the Judges. But
DAILY- NO. 36 PARK- ROW.
the people became dissatisfied with this system, and re
quested a king like the nations around them. Samuel
complained to God, that he was rejected " And the
Lord said unto ' Samuel, Harken unto the people in all
that they say unto thee : for they have not rejected thee.
but they have rejected me, that 1 should not reign over them."
1 Sam. 8: 7. He then raised up Saul, of the tribe of Ben
jamin, to reign over Israel. And God again legislated
for them, and adapted their laws to a kingly government.
He gave them the manner of the kingdom, Saul sinned,
and was put away, and David, the son of Jesse, of the
tribe of Judah, filled his place. The identity of the king
dom of Israel was in the following points, viz :
1. In the house of David, God promised to perpituaU the
royalty of the kingdom for ever. 1 Chron. 17: 9 14.
" 9. Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel,
and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place,
and shall be moved no more ; neither shall the children
of wickedness waste them any more, as at the begin
ning,
" 10. And since the time that I commanded Judges to
be over my people Israel. Moreover, I will subdue all
thine enemies. Furthermore, I tell thee that the Lord
will bwild thee a house.
" 11. f And it shall come to pass, when thy days be
expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I
will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy
sons ; and 1 will establish his kingdom.
" 12. He shall build me a house, and I will establish
his throne for ever.
" 13. I will be his father, and he shall be my son : and
I will not take mj tnercy away from him, as I took it
from him that was thee:
44 14. But I will settle him in my house and in my
kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established
for evermore."
From this text we learn, 1, That David's throne and
kingdom was to on eternal. 2. That the son of David
who should fill that throne, will be the Son of God. So
Paul applies it, in Heb. 1 : * To which of the angels said
he at any time, thou art my son!" And again, " I will
be to him a father, and he shall be my son." 3. That the
kingdom in which he should reign, is the kingdom of
God. " I will settle him in my house and in MY KING
DOM forever: and his throne shall be established for
evermore." 4. That this promise is unconditional and
immutable. " I will not take my mercy away from him
as I took it away from him that was before thee." Saul
sinned, and was rejected entirely ; David was elected to
the office forever. But, said God, " If his children for
sake my law, and walk not in my judgments; if they
break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
then will I visit their transgression with a rod, and their
iniquity with stripes. Nevertheless, my loving- kindness
will I not take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to
fail. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing
that is gone out of my lips. Once have I sworn by my
holiness, that I will not lie unto David. His seed shall
endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. It
shall be established forever as the moon, and as a faithful
witness in heaven." Ps. 89: 30 37.
The heir to David's throne is thus described by Isaiah,
9 : 6, 7 " For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is
given : and the government shall be upon his shoulder :
and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, the
Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of
Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace
there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and
upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with
PRICE TWO CISTS,
judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this."
| This king is " THE MIGHTY GOD THE EVER
LASTING FATHER." The government is on '". the
throne of David and his kingdom." Is not the kingdom of
God on earth and the kingdom of David one and the
same thing ? But who is this child ? Luke, first chap
ter, answers " And shalt call his name Jesus ; and he
shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest;
and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his
Father David, and he shall reign over the house of Jacob
forever." There can be no dispute but that Christ is the
true and promised heir to David's throne and under him
it is to endure forever.
Solomon was a type of Christ, and built an house of
cedar but Christ is to build a church or temple of living
stones an habitation of God through the Spirit.
2. The territory over which David bare rule, was the land
of promise, described by God to Abraham thus '' Unto
thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt
| to the great river, the river Euphrates." Gen. 15: 18.
Over this territory the kingdom of Israel was extended
in the days of Solomon. 1 Kings 4: 21, 24. " And
Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto
the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt:
they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days
of his life. For he had dominion over all the region on
this side the river, from Tiphsa even to Azza, over all
the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all
sides round about him "
3. The heirs and subjects of the kingdom were an elect
people. 2 Chron. 6: 5, 6. " Since the day that I brought
forth, my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city
among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that
my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be
over my people Israel. But I have chosen Jerusalem, that
my name should be there; and I have chosen David to be
over my people Israel" Israel is an elect people. Abra
ham was elected from all the families of the earth to be
the father of the whole church of God the father of the
faithful the father of many nations the family in whom
all the families of the earth should be blessed. And this
promise was when he had no child. His first- born, and
the natural heir, was rejected, Ishmacl, and the second,
Isaac, was elected. In Isaac shall thy seed be called. Of
Isaac's seed, to whom the promise was^ confirmed, Esau
was rejected and Jacob chosen, and his name was called
Israel. Of his seed, God raised up a church, and gave it
an independent and divine system of civil and political
government, under his own supervision the twelve
tribes of Jacob were its heirs. Others were conditionally
elected to the same privileges. A provision was estab
lished in the law of Moses, by which Gentiles might be
admitted to a participation in the privileges and immuni
ties of the kingdom. But they came in by identifying
themselves with the elect family.
4. The metropolis, or capital of the kingdom, was Jeru
salem 2 Samuel 5: 3 9. 4< So all the elders of Israel
came to the king, to Hebron; and king David made a
league with them in Hebron, before the Lord: and they
anointed David king over Israel. David was thirty years
old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six
months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three
years over all Israel and Judah. And the king and his
men went to Jerusalem, unto the Jebusites, the inhabi
tants of the land ; which spake unto David, saying, Ex-

MIDNIGHT CRY!
NEW- YORK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1842. NUMBER 9,
* Wpf « and make it plain upon tables, that he" may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie ;
,^ , / V though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry."
BT'jflSHlfOJHM.
Written for the Midnight Cry.
RESTORATION of the KINGDOM to ISRAEL—
| A Lecture, delivered by Jonah Litch, at the Second Advent
C* tBp* ineeting'at Salem, Massachusetts, and repeated at
;', Aot § ' ij\ li, 7 " When they, therefore, were come together, they
fc tf-- iiim, saying, Lord, - wilt ihou at this time restore again the
f to Israel? And he said unto them. It is not for you to know
which the Father hath pat in his own power."
i Tjbe question of the disciples in this text, implies three
' things/; I. That Israel once had a kingdom. 2. That it
then subverted, and had been taken from them.
S. * Tltt they understood that it was some time or other
' to be restored again.
Tie answer of Christ, so far from correcting their
." view*, or intimating that they were mistaken in their ex-tended
directly to confirm them in the opinion
tbtf entertained. ** It is not for you to know,"
Ac. As as to say, although there are appropriated
' timeVattd for the occurrence of what you antici
pate, they are yet future, it is not for you to know : ' "' ' '
I If It be affirmed that the disciples of Christ expected a
Mngdom under the Messiah, it is denied, and
thi f roof Is demanded. That they expected a. visible
Is true ; hut tttey expected also that it would
' be in iti duration, and not temporal. Their opin-on
the Scriptures, which every where
the kingdom of Messiah to he everlasting,
; Wllktut end. That in to the subjects
. is. $)| nitted-~* fcy supposing the
Jews were the favorites of heaven.
In pursuing the subject, we shall consider
I. THE KINGDOM OF ISEAEI. WHAT IT WAS.
II, ITS strsvimsioif WIIEH AND HOW.
I "*' IIL . * Tlt¥ RwroiATiow ' of ' wtte' KINGDOM* ITS HEIRS
f
IV. THE TIMES AND SEASONS or THI RESTORATION, CON
SIDERED.
I. THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL WHAT IT WAS.
The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham,
when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Heran,
when he was probably an idolater, and called him into
Canaan, with the promise that he would give it to Abra
ham and his seed for an everlasting possession ; and yet
to Stephen, Acts 7th chapter, he did not give
enough while alive, to set his foot on ; yet he
lie would give it him for a possession, when as
fet he tiad no child. God assured him that his seed
should iojown In a strange land and be entreated evij
400 years, and afterward come forth and serve him in
that land of promise. When the time drew near that
the people should be returned to the land of promise, Mo
ses was raised up to deliver them from Egypt. He
brought them through the Red Sea into the wildernessf
inhere a civil and political government was organized,
ierived immediately from Jehovah, their Great King.
The system of civil and political jurisprudence, as well
| § religious institutions, were of heaven's own legis
** The administrators of the government were of
Divine appointment. Under this government, the peo
pie, with Joshuai the successor, by Divine appointment,
of Mosee, at their head, entered the land of promise, as
God had spoken to Abraham. After casting out and de-itroying
their enemies, the land was divided among them
| y lot, and the political institutions given to Moses were
into effect. For 450 years, until Samuel, God
them by Judges, and was himself their King.
f o in fact a kingdom, even under the Judges. But
DAILY- NO. 36 PARK- ROW.
the people became dissatisfied with this system, and re
quested a king like the nations around them. Samuel
complained to God, that he was rejected " And the
Lord said unto ' Samuel, Harken unto the people in all
that they say unto thee : for they have not rejected thee.
but they have rejected me, that 1 should not reign over them."
1 Sam. 8: 7. He then raised up Saul, of the tribe of Ben
jamin, to reign over Israel. And God again legislated
for them, and adapted their laws to a kingly government.
He gave them the manner of the kingdom, Saul sinned,
and was put away, and David, the son of Jesse, of the
tribe of Judah, filled his place. The identity of the king
dom of Israel was in the following points, viz :
1. In the house of David, God promised to perpituaU the
royalty of the kingdom for ever. 1 Chron. 17: 9 14.
" 9. Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel,
and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place,
and shall be moved no more ; neither shall the children
of wickedness waste them any more, as at the begin
ning,
" 10. And since the time that I commanded Judges to
be over my people Israel. Moreover, I will subdue all
thine enemies. Furthermore, I tell thee that the Lord
will bwild thee a house.
" 11. f And it shall come to pass, when thy days be
expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I
will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy
sons ; and 1 will establish his kingdom.
" 12. He shall build me a house, and I will establish
his throne for ever.
" 13. I will be his father, and he shall be my son : and
I will not take mj tnercy away from him, as I took it
from him that was thee:
44 14. But I will settle him in my house and in my
kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established
for evermore."
From this text we learn, 1, That David's throne and
kingdom was to on eternal. 2. That the son of David
who should fill that throne, will be the Son of God. So
Paul applies it, in Heb. 1 : * To which of the angels said
he at any time, thou art my son!" And again, " I will
be to him a father, and he shall be my son." 3. That the
kingdom in which he should reign, is the kingdom of
God. " I will settle him in my house and in MY KING
DOM forever: and his throne shall be established for
evermore." 4. That this promise is unconditional and
immutable. " I will not take my mercy away from him
as I took it away from him that was before thee." Saul
sinned, and was rejected entirely ; David was elected to
the office forever. But, said God, " If his children for
sake my law, and walk not in my judgments; if they
break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
then will I visit their transgression with a rod, and their
iniquity with stripes. Nevertheless, my loving- kindness
will I not take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to
fail. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing
that is gone out of my lips. Once have I sworn by my
holiness, that I will not lie unto David. His seed shall
endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. It
shall be established forever as the moon, and as a faithful
witness in heaven." Ps. 89: 30 37.
The heir to David's throne is thus described by Isaiah,
9 : 6, 7 " For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is
given : and the government shall be upon his shoulder :
and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, the
Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of
Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace
there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and
upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with
PRICE TWO CISTS,
judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this."
| This king is " THE MIGHTY GOD THE EVER
LASTING FATHER." The government is on '". the
throne of David and his kingdom." Is not the kingdom of
God on earth and the kingdom of David one and the
same thing ? But who is this child ? Luke, first chap
ter, answers " And shalt call his name Jesus ; and he
shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest;
and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his
Father David, and he shall reign over the house of Jacob
forever." There can be no dispute but that Christ is the
true and promised heir to David's throne and under him
it is to endure forever.
Solomon was a type of Christ, and built an house of
cedar but Christ is to build a church or temple of living
stones an habitation of God through the Spirit.
2. The territory over which David bare rule, was the land
of promise, described by God to Abraham thus '' Unto
thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt
| to the great river, the river Euphrates." Gen. 15: 18.
Over this territory the kingdom of Israel was extended
in the days of Solomon. 1 Kings 4: 21, 24. " And
Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto
the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt:
they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days
of his life. For he had dominion over all the region on
this side the river, from Tiphsa even to Azza, over all
the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all
sides round about him "
3. The heirs and subjects of the kingdom were an elect
people. 2 Chron. 6: 5, 6. " Since the day that I brought
forth, my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city
among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that
my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be
over my people Israel. But I have chosen Jerusalem, that
my name should be there; and I have chosen David to be
over my people Israel" Israel is an elect people. Abra
ham was elected from all the families of the earth to be
the father of the whole church of God the father of the
faithful the father of many nations the family in whom
all the families of the earth should be blessed. And this
promise was when he had no child. His first- born, and
the natural heir, was rejected, Ishmacl, and the second,
Isaac, was elected. In Isaac shall thy seed be called. Of
Isaac's seed, to whom the promise was^ confirmed, Esau
was rejected and Jacob chosen, and his name was called
Israel. Of his seed, God raised up a church, and gave it
an independent and divine system of civil and political
government, under his own supervision the twelve
tribes of Jacob were its heirs. Others were conditionally
elected to the same privileges. A provision was estab
lished in the law of Moses, by which Gentiles might be
admitted to a participation in the privileges and immuni
ties of the kingdom. But they came in by identifying
themselves with the elect family.
4. The metropolis, or capital of the kingdom, was Jeru
salem 2 Samuel 5: 3 9. 4< So all the elders of Israel
came to the king, to Hebron; and king David made a
league with them in Hebron, before the Lord: and they
anointed David king over Israel. David was thirty years
old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six
months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three
years over all Israel and Judah. And the king and his
men went to Jerusalem, unto the Jebusites, the inhabi
tants of the land ; which spake unto David, saying, Ex-